Verso of title page reads: Imprimerie de Paul Dupont et cie, rue de Grenelle-Saint-Honoré, no 55

"Des langues indiennes", p. 40-58, includes a small comparative vocabulary of the word "Devil" in the Chippeway, Ottowa, Algonquian, Micmac, Mohawk, Cherokee, and Nottaway [Cheroenhaka] languages on p. 54; includes a list of phrases in French and Muskogee [Creek] languages on p. 55; a conjugation of the verb "ahoalan" or aimer, to love, in the Delaware language on p. 55; includes a conjugation of the phrase "être sage", or to be wise, in the Massachuset and Dakota languages on p. 55-56; also includes other examples of phrases in Cherokee on p. 56-57

Signatures: 1-15⁸ (1₇, 8₆, 12₂ versos blank) 16⁴ (-16₄)

Folded, colored map bound to face p. 245, has title: Carte des tribus indinennes de l'Amérique du Nord vers 1600 A.D. le long de l'Atlantique; et vers 1800 A.D. à l'ouest. D'après un dessin de Mr Gallatin

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Field, T.W. Essay towards an Indian bibliography

John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in contemporary black morocco with marbled boards

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